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Chapter
2
To Grasp the
Cloud—Fundamental
Concepts
TOPICS COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER
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Cloud computing clarified—what it is and what it's not
History and background
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True nature of the cloud
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Virtualization and scalability
Type 1 and Type 2 cloud hypervisors
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Proprietary vs. open-source hypervisors
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Consumer vs. enterprise use cases
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VDI vs. IaaS
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Benefits of hypervisors
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Foundations of cloud computing
Infrastructure
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Platform
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Applications
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Enabling services
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